Salary costs charged to sponsored awards must be:
- Appropriate for the effort expended
- Consistent with the appointment of the individual
- Supported by documentation of the expense (including completion of Effort Statements and Project Statements, as applicable)
- Proposed and approved by the sponsor or within re-budgeting authority
Examples of Unallowable salary costs on sponsored awards:
- Compensation for teaching costs, unless the sponsored award is for Instruction or Research training
- External consultation or another non-UW activity
- Excess compensation for faculty, in accordance with UW Executive Order #59
- Excess compensation charges for non-faculty not included in Institutional Base Salary (IBS), unless approved in writing by the sponsor
- Administrative or clerical salaries, unless approved in writing by the sponsor
- Salary costs on federal awards that do not comply with the federal regulations (2 CFR 200.430).